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Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it?
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David Starner wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:45:21, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:
> > Because reading:
> >
> >    Counter +:= 1;
> >    Product *:= 5;
> >
> > is less clear than
> >
> >    Counter := Counter + 1;
> >    Product := Product * 5;
> 
> How about:
> 
> Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item))
>          + 16#80#) +:= 1;
> 
> versus
> 
> Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item))
>          + 16#80#) :=
>         Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item))
>         + 16#80#) + 1;
> 
> ? Clarity is one of the real arguments for this syntax, so that you
> don't make a mistake retyping the element on the left in these
> situations, and so it's easy to tell on reading that the left part is the
> same as the right part.

declare
	ctr: counter_type renames
		Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows 
			(Current_Item - Previous_Item)) + 16#80#);
begin
	ctr := ctr + 1;
end;

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Mark Biggar
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